Resilient tire.



E. JACQUEMIN.

RFSILIENT TIRE. v APPLICATION men APR- n. 1914.

1,141,641. Patehted June 1, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS CCL, PHOTP LIJfHQ. WASHINGTON. D- C.

EUGENE ACQUEMIN, or KENT, WASHINGTON.

nns'ILIENT TIRE.

Application filed April 1, 1914. Serial No. 828,925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE J ACQUEMIN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Kent, in the county of King and State of Washington,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Tires, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to resilient tires, and more especially to suchtires as are adapted for use in connection with the traction wheels of apower-driven vehicle, and has for its principal object to provide a tireof this class which is very durable, resilient, and at the same timepuncture-proof and non-skidding. The invention will be more fullydescribed and explained in the following specification, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of my device asapplied to a felly or rim and showing the means for securing the tire tothe rim. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary.

side elevation of the same, partly in section. Fig. 3 is an enlargeddetail view of the wire coils which form. the tire proper. Fig. 4 is asimilar view of a modified form of filler for the said coils.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, reference numeral 1designates the rim or felly of a wheel, which may be generally of anysuitable design, except as hereinafter described. The outercircumferential surface of the rim is cut out so as to form an annularchannel indicated at 1*, and into which is fitted a circular member 1.The said member is similarly channeled to receive a V-shaped member 2which is, in turn, recessed upon its entire circumferential surface andmay be under-cut as indicated at 3, to receive the correspondinglyshaped portion 4 of a bumper 5 which is preferably of rubber or otherresilient material. The member 2 is cut into a suitable number ofsections and the same firmly secured to the member 1 by any approvedmeans, such as the bolt nut shown in dotted lines at 6 and 7respectively, the member 2 being countersunk as indicated in the dottedlines at 8 to receive the nut 7, and the member 1 being similarlycountersunk at 8 to receive the head of the said bolt. The member 1 maybe secured to the rim 1 in any suitable manner such as a number of boltsindicated at 8". The walls of my improved tire are formed of sections ofin- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1915.

dividual wires 9, each of which is coiled as plainly shown in thedrawings. The said coiled wires are arranged side by side (see F g.2),and the terminals of each of said w1res are hooked as indicated at 10.Each of the coils of the said wires may have a filler which, in thisinstance is a separate flexible rod 11, of a length approximately equalto that of the circumference of the tire, or there may be a plurality ofsmaller rods such as shown in Fig. 4.. The convolu tions of the saidwires, it will be noted, vary 1n size, the larger convolutions beingpositloned at the extreme top or outer face of the tire and graduallydiminishing toward the bottom thereof. The rods 11 form a filler for theconvolutions, as well as means for connecting together the various wires9 so as to form a rather compact woven wire fabric.

11 indicates an inner tube which may be of the usual form andconstruction, which when inflated, will of course take about the shapein cross section as seen in Fig. 1. It will be understood that it is notabsolutely essential that an inner tube be used at all as there is ampleresiliency and stability in the tire itself without any pneumaticfeature.

From the foregoing it will be seen that 1 have provided a vehicle tirehaving all of the desirable qualities of a pneumatic tire, and yet,particularly due to the peculiar formation and material of its outerWalls,

avoids a very undesirable feature common to pneumatic tires, viz.:tendency to skid and liability to puncture.

WVhile I have shown and described a particular form of embodiment of myinvention, I am aware that many minor changes in the details thereofwill readily suggest themselves to others skilled in the art withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention, and I thereforedesire to avoid being limited to the exact form shown and described.

hat I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is In anarticle of the class described, the combination with an annularlygrooved felly, of a plurality of Wires arranged side by side, and eachof which has convolutions adjacent to each other and which vary in size,the largest of which convolutions is at the midsection of the wire, theends of each wire being formed into V shaped hooks, a

her to the felly, a, second circular member which is V shaped and whichfits Within the annular recess in the first mentioned nemher and withwhich the V shaped hooks" upon the said Wires are adapted teengage nutand bolt means for securing the said 10 embers to each other, wherebythe said v' sta ed neaks are med-"been the m eii hefs, and fillenedaptedto bepassed along-through the-'convolutions in the 'Wires whereby eachof the Wires is held in place 7 With respect to the others.

. Witnes es:

FRED P. GQRIN, EMMA IROGER-;

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